Script and direction Setoyama Misaki
Based on NIHONJIN by Oscar Nakasato
Translated by Takeda Chika, Suiseisha, 2022
Copyright © 2011 by Oscar Nakasato
Japanese language theatrical adaptation licensed by Oscar Nakasato c/o LVB&Co. Agência e Consultoria Literária, former Villas-Boas & Moss Literary Agency, Rio de Janeiro, through Tuttle-Mori Agency, Inc., Tokyo
Cast
Abe Kazunori
Ikeda Makiko
Kajimoto Daiki
Kijima Tsuyoshi
Konagaya Katsuhiko
Sato Yuzu
Takii Miki
Kenji Nagai
Hamano Madoka
Moriyama Fuyuko
Yagi Kotaro
Yamamoto Miyuki
Yoshiue Soichiro
Yoshimi Ryo
Music・Cello
Igarashi Asaka
Information
Shizuoka
2026
Saturday 28 Nobemver at 13:30
◯Post-performance Talk ◆Pre-performance
Sunday 29 November at 13:30
◯Post-performance Talk
Saturday 5 December at 13:30●Back Stage Tour ★Post-performance Sharing Session ◆Pre-performance
Sunday 6 December at 13:30
●Back Stage Tour ★Post-performance Sharing Session ◆Pre-performance
Venue：Shizuoka Arts Theatre
Seat Map（PDF）
Numazu
2027
Saturday 30 January at 13:30
Venue：Numazu Civic Culture Center
Seat Map （PDF）
Hamamatsu
2027
Sunday 7 February at 13:30
Venue：Hamamatsu Hamakita Cultural Center
Seat Map（PDF）
Duration: TBA
In Japanese with English and Brazilian Portuguese surtitles
※Admission to auditorium is restricted to children of school age and over.
More information about childcare services
Events
Shizuoka
Pre-Performance Talk
Starting 25 minutes before each performance. Free of charge. No reservation required. (In Japanese only)
Meet us at Café Cinderella!
After the performance, the actors will come to see you off in their stage costumes. We hope you will take this opportunity to interact with the actors!
Post-performance Talk
Sat. 28 November, Sun. 29 November
Free of charge. No reservation required.
Backstage Tour
The technical staff will take you on a special backstage tour.
5 and 6 December after the performance
Time: About 30 minutes
Free of charge. Reservation required.
Post-performance Sharing Session
Would you like to share your thoughts with us after the performance?
Sat. 5 December, Sun. 6 December
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, Café Cinderella (2nd Floor)
Free of charge. No reservation required.
Pre-performance
A mini performance introducing “NIHONJIN”.
Sat. 28 November, Sat. 5 December at 12:55
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, Café Cinderella (2nd Floor)
Approx. 5 minutes / Free, no reservation required
Performed by the students of the Drama Program, Arts Department, Shimizu Minami High School
Cry room
At Shizuoka Arts Theatre, there is a soundproof room where you can watch the performance through a glass window.
〈Ticket Prices〉
・Adults: ¥3,200 per person
・Children requiring a seat (high school age and under): ¥1,100
・Children not requiring a seat: Free
*Tickets are available by phone or at the box office only.
Childcare service
Childcare service will be available for the performance on 28 November.
Please contact [ticket@spac.or.jp] by 21 November, at 6:00 p.m., in advance if you would like to use the service.
【Services available in Japanese only】
Coverage: 6 months to 7 years old
Fee: ¥1,000 per child
Performances for junior and high-school students
SPAC invites junior high school and high school students in Shizuoka Prefecture to its free-of-charge programs.
Ticket
[Shizuoka]
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:23 August at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:30 August at 10:00
[Numazu and Hamamatsu]
◆Prior Reservation for Membership begins:1 November at 10:00
◆Advance Tickets Sale begins:8 November at 10:00
How to Purchase
●Online reservations
– Please enter from the language button “English”.
– Payment is possible with the following credit cards: DC, UFJ, NICOS, VISA, and Master. Tickets purchased through this website can be received at the venue from one hour prior to each performance.
●Phone reservations
from 10:00-18:00 at SPAC ticket center
TEL. +81-(0)54-202-3399
●Purchase at BOX Office
SPAC ticket center (10:00-18:00)
Day Ticket
Available at the entrance counter for leftover seats, from one hour prior to each performance.
*Please confirm ticket availability on the day by phone or by visiting SPAC official website
*Ticket reservations will finish at 18:00 on the day before the performance.
Please refrain from taking infants to the ordinary seats.
Ticket Price
4,600 yen (One viewing for regular adult)
●Student Discount:
［U25 and University students］2,200 yen
［High school students and under］1,100 yen
*Please present ID/student ID at door
●Disability discount: 3,200 yen (for those with a disability pocketbook)
*Please present disability pocketbook or Mirairo ID at door
*Free for One attendant.
*More than one discount cannot be claimed per purchase.
*Please claim any discount when making a reservation
SPAC Membership Discount
3,900 yen (One viewing for regular adult)
Staff
Dramaturgy: Maehara Takuya
Set design: Harada Ai
Lighting design: Iwashina Takeaki
Sound design: Takeshima Chisato, Wada Masashi
Costume design: Sei Chigusa
Assistant director: Watanabe Sayaka
Stage manager: Haraikawa Yukio
Stage: Furuya Kazumi, Tsuchiya Katsunori
Lighting: Higuchi Masayuki
Art work: Mori Masashi
Wordrobe: Ikeda Yuna
Technical director: Muramatsu Atsushi
Production: Yoneyama Junichi, Murakami Emma, Uchida Toshiko
Graphic design: tegusu
Artistic director: Ishigami Natsuki
Produced by SPAC-Shizuoka Performing Arts Center
Approved by Fujinokuni Arts Festival
Supported by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan through the Japan Arts Council, Japan Foundation for Regional Art-Activities
Co-operated by Numazu City, Numazu City promotion public corporation, Hamamatsu Cultural Foundation, Japan Foundation
Profile
Setoyama Misaki
Setoyama Misaki was born in 1977 in Tokyo. She is a playwright and theatre director who founded her Minamoza theatre company in 2001. Since March 2022 she has been President of the Japan Playwrights Association. Besides her theatre activity, she writes scripts for radio dramas and movies such as 2016’s “Azumi Haruko wa Yukuefumei” (“Japanese Girls Never Die”) and 2018’s “River’s Edge”. She also conducts theatre workshops and is involved in the creation of community theatre. Setoyama’s “Karera no Teki” (“Their Enemy”) was named Best Play in the 23rd Yomiuri Theater Awards in 2016. Then in 2020 she won the Best Director prize in the 27th Yomiuri Theater Awards and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Art Encouragement Prize for Newcomers with “The Nether.” In addition, she directed the musical “Slumdog Millionaire” in 2023, and “Ushoku” (“Tooth Decay”), a new original play by Yokoyama Takuya, in February 2024.
